A Front-Row Seat at the Big Bang: The Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Dr. Nahn explains how the Large Hadron Collider probes the fundamental structure and forces of the universe. He describes the search for the Higgs Boson, extra dimensions, and mystery particles that might explain dark matter.

Prof. Steven Nahn received his PhD from MIT, then worked as a Research Scientist at Yale, as a member of the CDF collaboration at Fermilab. He later joined the MIT Physics Dept faculty, where his research has been focused on the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment at CERN. This work is expected to will cross a new threshold in collision energy, opening a new window on particle physics.